"Shell Eco-Marathon Winner Gets Over 2,500 Miles Per Gallon"
"A prototype car that achieved an amazing 2,564.8 miles per gallon won first place in the Shell Eco-marathon 2011 in Houston this past weekend."
Source: ENS, 04/22/2011
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Fracking Stays Legal in Idaho
"Though the only natural gas drilling company active in Idaho today has no plans to employ a method blamed around the country for polluting drinking water, industry officials say other companies could one day."
Source: Idaho Statesman, 04/22/2011
"UN Chief Charts Five-Step Path to Global Nuclear Safety"
"As he prepared to visit Chernobyl 25 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined a five-step plan to strengthen global nuclear safety."
Source: ENS, 04/21/2011
"Drilling Fluid Gushes From Northern Pa. Gas Well"
"A blowout at a natural gas well in rural northern Pennsylvania spilled thousands of gallons of chemical-laced water Wednesday, contaminating a stream and leading officials to ask seven families who live nearby to evacuate as crews struggled to stop the gusher."
Source: AP, 04/21/2011
"Cape Wind Receives Federal Approval to Begin Construction"
"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday that the federal government has approved construction of the controversial wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, which could commence this fall."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 04/20/2011
"BP Blowout One Year Later: Drilling Safety an Explosive Issue"
"Hundreds of activists protesting fossil fuels marched to the Department of the Interior's headquarters [Monday] and swarmed inside, calling for the abolition of offshore oil drilling, coal mining and tar sands extraction."
Source: ENS, 04/19/2011
"Big Break for Big Oil, Larger Burden for Taxpayers"
Taxpayers can't escape paying what they owe the U.S. Treasury. But for big oil companies who owe royalties, it's another matter.
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 04/19/2011
"Trauma And Controversy: Chernobyl's Health Legacy"
"Every year, Volodymyr Palkin spends at least two months in a Kiev hospital. He was one of hundreds of thousands of rescue workers sent to fight the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear plant and says his health has been permanently ruined by his work."
Source: AFP, 04/19/2011
"TVA Moving Away From Coal-Fired Power"
"The Tennessee Valley Authority has agreed to shutter 18 coal-fired units at three power plants and make major improvements at 10 other sites, in a deal that's being called one of the largest pollution reductions agreements in the nation's history."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 04/15/2011
"Youth at Environment Summit Unhappy With Obama Policies"
Some 10,000 young activists descend on Washington, DC, this weekend to train, network, lobby, and demonstrate on climate change in an event called Power Shift. On dirty energy, they suspect President Obama has goe over to the dark side.
Source: Wash Post, 04/15/2011
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